My first blanket chest

I started out with some oak handrails from were I work. When ever we remodel an area we put up new fancy plastic hand rails so I save some of it from the landfill. The bottom is cedar. I had a blast making this but it took a long time and several opps. Like the cedar inlay on the toprail i routed the wrong side. It was a Christmas gift for my mother in law and she loves it.

-- My theroy in wood working will be. If I'm not enjoying doing it i won't do it.

Great chest. I haven’t come to this type of construction yet, I’ve been using 5/4 stock and just stacking the walls for the box, but now that I have some wood shaping tools I may just make one of these. I bet it weighs a lot less too.

-- A positive attitude will take you much further than positive thinking ever will.